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97 | Structures of Violence Of the 19 family members killed in the Sailan Massacre, 13 were female, 9 were male; 11 of whom were minors. Lassa Sheikh, 65 years Zainab Begum, 50 years Jabeena Kausar(12) & Shaheena Kausar(8) Shaheen Akhter, 14 years Showkat Mehmood, 10 years Tahira Parveen, 8 years Sarfaraz Ahmad, 8 years Hassan Mohammad, 70 years Zaitun Begum, 35 years Yasmeen Akhter, 20 years Shagufta Akhter, 10 years Javeda Akhter, 15 years Mohammad Iqbal, 17 years Tanveera Kausar, 4 years Yasmeen Akhter, 10 years Zareena Begum, 30 years Ahmad Din Sheikh, 55 years Saro Begum, 65 years D. THE MASSACRE AT SAILAN & MOHRA BACHAI, POONCH DISTRICT 1998, 1999 TIMELINE Date Event 3Aug 1998 Militant Imtiyaz Ahmad kills SPO Zakir Hussain 3/ 4 Aug Personnel of 9 Para Army and 4 SPO’s kill 19 members of the extended family of Imtiyaz Ahmad 4 Aug Dead bodies of the victims taken to Tehsil Complex, Surankote 4 Aug FIR No. 122/98 was lodged by the local police against “unknown persons” in Sailan Massacre 5 Aug Dead bodies buried at the Dar-ul-Shaheed in Surankote 4 Sep1998 Justice Kuchai of SHRC to lead inquiry into Sailan Massacre 9-10 Sep SHRC led by Juctice Kuchai conducts ‘spot inquiry’. 21 Nov 1998 Justice Kuchai submits SHRC report to the Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah 26 Nov 2011 Three surviving members filed Writ Petition No 1572/2011 in J &K High Court. 20 Sep2012 Status Report filed by Inspector Maroof Ahmad on FIR No. 122/98 citing perpetrators “could not be traced” 21 Nov2012 J &K High Court directed the investigations to be carried out by CBI. 18 Jun 2013 CBI urges the investigation of the Sailan massacre to be transferred to the NIA but then backtracks. 10 Sep 2013 CBI files Case no. RCDCST2013S0023 in Sailan Massacre 4 Nov2013 CBI takes statement of Mohammad Shabir under section 161 Code of Criminal Procedure, Jammu and Kashmir 7 Nov CBI takes statement of 161 statement of Abdul Ahad under section 161 Code of Criminal Procedure, Jammu and Kashmir 9 Nov CBI takes statement of Maqsood Ahmad under section 161 Code of Criminal Procedure, Jammu and Kashmir 21 Nov CBI takes statement of Mohammad Latief under section 161 Code of Criminal Procedure, Jammu and Kashmir 16 April 2014 CBI takes statement of Mohammad Afzal under section 161 Code of Criminal Procedure, Jammu and Kashmir
98 | Structures of Violence Introduction rd/ th During the intervening night of the 3 4 of August, 1998 at around midnight Major Gaurav of the 9 Para Army Camp located at Baiaz in village Sailan led four Special Police Ofcers [SPO's]–Mohammad Younis alias Tiger, Mohammad Raq alias Pathan, Maqsood Ahmad and Mohammad Akbar, all residents of Balaz or surrounding villages, along with 5-7 army personnel shot or axed to death 19 persons, 11 of whom were children in the ages from 4 to 15 years, and 5 women, including one in an advanced stage of 137 pregnancy, in their home in Sailan . Sailan village is located at a distance of around 15 kilometers from Surankote town of the Poonch District of Jammu and Kashmir. The Army Camp in Balaz was located at a distance of 700 meters from the homes of the victims in Sailan with one picket at a distance of only about 200 meters from them. Of the 19 family members 138 killed, 13 were female and 9 were male . According to a suo-moto 'spot inquiry' conducted by the State Human Rights Commission [SHRC] led by Justice Kuchai, a retired Judge of the High Court, a postmortem of the victims conducted by Dr. Mumtaz Hussain of the Government Hospital, Surankote the day after the massacre revealed that the female victims may have been sexually molested and that the 139 limbs of the victims had been amputated with axes. The Conspiracy Leading to the Massacre Of the 22 members of the families of Lassa Sheikh, Ahmad Din Sheikh and Hassan Mohammad in their homes in Sailan that night only 3 survived- Maqsood Ahmad, son of Lassa Sheikh, Mohammad Shabir son of Ahmad Din Sheikh and Abdul Ahad, son of Hasan Mohammad. The events leading to the massacre that emerge from the accounts of these three persons and other eyewitnesses are inextricably linked with the killing of SPO Zakir Hussain, a former militant turned informer for the Army who was attached to the 9 Para(Special Forces) Camp at Balaz and who had recruited 3 of the SPO's who perpetrated the massacre. Along with SPO's Mohammad Younis alias Tiger, Mohammad Raq alias Pathan, Maqsood Ahmad and Mohammad Akbar, Zakir Hussain participated in the nakas (cordon and search operations) led by the army personnel of the 9 Para 140 Camp in Balaz in Sailan and surrounding villages. rd On the afternoon of the 3 of August 1998 Imtiyaz Ahmad, the eldest son of Lassa Sheikh, a teenaged militant with the Lashkar-e-Toiba [LeT], who had been active in the area for a few months as 'Major Gul', shot and killed SPO Zakir Hussain. Eyewitness to the killing of Zakir Hussian included Maqsood Ahmad, younger brother of Imtiyaz Ahmad, and Mohammad Shabir, son of Ahmad Din, both survivors of the massacre. They saw a Major 'Gaurav' [probably an alias] along with 20-25 army personnel and other members of the police and SOG talking to Zakir's father at the site of his killing, expressing grief over his death and saying that Zakir's killing would cost Imtiyaz 141 dear . Other eyewitnesses recall Major 'Gaurav' saying that he would avenge Zakir's death by killing twenty persons of Imtiyaz's family before Zakir was 142 buried. Apprehensive that Imtiyaz's immediate family would be targeted and tortured by the Army, Ahmad Din, brother of Lassa Shiekh and Hassan Mohammad, cousin of Lassa Shiekh suggested that the family of Lassa Sheikh stay at their houses for the night, all located at walking distance from each other, while they made further plans for their safety. Upon this, Lassa Sheikh, his wife Zainab Begum and their daughter Tanveera Kausar went over to Ahmad Din's house where Ahmad Din, his wife Saro Begum, his three daughters Yasmeen Akhter, Javeda Akhter and Shagufta Akhter and with his son Mohammad Shabir, then a student, were present. Lassa Sheikh's four children, his two daughters Jabeena Kausar and Shaheena Kausar, and two sons, Mohammad Iqbal and Maqsood Ahmad joined Hasan Mohammad's family at their home – Hasan Mohammad himself, his son Abdul Ahad, daughter-in-law Zaitun Begum and his four grandchildren Shaheen Akhter, Tahira Parveen, Showkat Mehmood and Sarfaraz Ahmad. Yasmeen Akhter, a 10 year-old child, who had come to meet her uncle Mohammad Latief, son of Ahmad Din Sheikh, who had arrived from Saudi Arabia two days before the massacre, was also killed. Mohammad Latief was in Surankot when he heard of the killing of Zakir Hussain by Imtiyaz. Mohammad Latief came to know about the killing of 19 members of his family on th 143 the 4 of August 1998. The Event of the Massacre The following account of the massacre and its aftermath is reconstructed from the testimonies of three eyewitnesses – Maqsood Ahmad, son of Lassa Sheikh, Mohammad Shabir, son of Ahmad Din Sheikh and Abdul Ahad, son of Hasan Mohammad, before the Investigating Ofcer of the CBI along with the testimony of Mohammad Latief son of Ahmad Din Sheikh. rd th At around 12: 30 am on the intervening night of 3 /4 August, the family of Hasan Mohammad heard a knock on the door. The children were sleeping while the adults were still discussing the ramications of the 137 Introduction, The Anatomy of Massacre, a Report on the Sailan Massacre by the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, 2014. 138 Ibid 139 Page 1, Report of the spot inquiry of the J&K Human Rights Commission, dated 09-09-1998 led by Chairperson Justice G.A Kuchai. 140 Section 161 statement of Maqsood Ahmad, son of Lassa Sheikh, Mohammad Shabir son of Ahmad Din Sheikh and Abdul Ahad, son of Hasan Mohammad taken under section 161, Code of Criminal Procedure, before the Investigating Ofcer of the CBI. 141 Mohammad Latief, son of Ahmad Din Sheikh says he came to know about the killing of Zakir while on his way back to Sailan from his cousin's place in Surankote. He too decided to return to Surankote when he saw Major Gaurav shaking hands with SP Sevak Singh en route. 142 Chapter 1 Locating the Sailan Massacre-'The Anatomy of Massacre, a Report on the Sailan Massacre' by the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society published in 2014. 143 Locating the Sailan Massacre,The Anatomy of Massacre, a Report on the Sailan Massacre by the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society published in 2014.
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